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Isle of Man News, Articles and Information'Belle' turns Des's dream into realityTHERE'S no better feeling for a racegoer than cheering in a winning horse but imagine celebrating a victory for your very own filly. Well that dream has now come true for Solihull man Des Walsh who clinched a share in a race-horse after winning a BBC Radio Five Live competition. The 37-year-old sales executive was a special guest at Goodwood Racecourse, West Sussex, last Friday where he was presented with his share certificate in Goodwood Belle. The two-year-old horse, owned by Goodwood Racehorse Owners Group, is in the care of John Dunlop and has a bright future ahead of her. Des was joined by his wife Karen and children, Laura, aged six and Jack, aged nine, as he was treated to VIP hospitalilty in Goodwood's stylish Double Trigger restaurant with views overlooking the Solent and Isle of Wight.Fenland’s finest power playersThe power and influence of the media in the life and times of Fenland cannot be underestimated. The media's role in scrutiny and reporting of local government, the health service, education and examining the proprieties of individuals going about their daily lives, is well recognised and, indeed, expected.Would Goosetree junction be getting its £800,000 roundabout had not a hard hitting campaign by the Cambs Times brought it about? Would vast sums be considered for improving the Ramsey Forty Foot had not the media spotlighted the horrific dangers of driving there? In Fenland you need to ask yourself what would be the affect of withdrawing a media presence from our community, in order for you then to reflect on the question of what influence it really does bring into your daily lives?9 AUDREY BRADFORD The organisation of which she is chief executive, East Cambs and Fenland Primary Care Trust, may be going out of existence shortly, but I suspect Mrs Bradford's influence will continue.Celtic cultural celebrationsCelebrating its tenth anniversary this year the festival, held in the city's Grant Park on September 16th and 17th, brings together elements of Celtic culture from Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man, Brittany and the Galicia region of Spain, as well as Ireland and Scotland.Visitors to Celtic Fest Chicago will be able to enjoy all the traditional elements of Celtic culture with plenty of music and dancing as well as local arts and crafts.From the Petrillo Music Shell, which will showcase a variety of traditional and cutting edge Celtic music, to the Celtic Voice Tent where visitors will be able to enjoy poetry, story-telling and song, all elements of Celtic culture will be on show.There will also be performances by Chicago's top dance groups, daily parades by the bagpipe circle, as well as an informal meeting place where the public can mix with performers and a kids' activity area.Visit the Celtic Fest Chicago website for more details.MANX OUTSOURCES SMS TO TYNTEC(www.manx-telecom.com) to provide the Isle of Man operator with an outsourced SMS solution. Under the deal TynTec will provide an outsourced SMS-centre to manage all of Manx's incoming and outgoing large account SMS activity, such as, high volume international SMS reception and SMS routing. Manx Telecom has had in the past no large account SMS capability, instead offering only basic person to person SMS functionality. To expand their system to manage issues such as high traffic loads and long number reception would have required a costly and time consuming upgrade to the existing SMS-C. Instead, by outsourcing the role as a managed service on TynTec's established proprietary SMS-C infrastructure, Manx is able to offer full, large account SMS functionality with a fraction of the upfront investment.
Speed-freak Marcus revs up for charityMidland businessman Marcus Bradshaw is a self-confessed 'speed freak'. But Health Reporter Emma Brady discovered why the real winner of his latest venture will be a Birmingham-based cancer charity... For as long as he can remember Marcus Bradshaw has been a self-confessed 'speed freak'. As a teenager he messed about on his father's boat before moving into racing in the 1980s and then running his own powerboat since the mid 1990s. .
Six-shilling coin auctioned for 460,000A 14TH-CENTURY gold coin found in a field in southern England by a man with a metal detector fetched £460,000 at auction yesterday - a world record price for any British coin.The Edward III "double leopard" - worth six shillings when struck in 1344 - was bought at Spink's in London for the Isle of Man coin fund Avarae Global Coins. .Happy reunion as pup is foundA DOG owner's despair turned to delight when she was reunited with her much-loved puppy after it was stolen from her front garden. Four-month-old Staffordshire bull terrier Phoebe went missing from Michaela White's garden in St John's, Redhill, on June 5. Miss White, 38, said the whole incident was mysterious and rather bizarre. She said: "Phoebe was in my front garden and I noticed within seconds she had gone. While I was looking for her a man approached and told me he had seen someone hand over the dog to another man in a car near my house. "I was frantic with worry that she had been stolen. I put up posters everywhere and later heard she had been seen near Furzefield School, in Merstham. .
Farquhar opts to continue careerRyan Farquhar could be back in action as early as the Bush 100 road races which will take place for the first time near Dungannon on 24 June.Farquhar's racing future had been in doubt after he suffered arm and neck injuries at the Cookstown 100. However, the Dungannon man has now made it clear that he does intend to resume his road racing career. Farquhar intends to compete at the Southern 100 on the Isle of Man in July and the Ulster Grand Prix in August.
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Laverty heads Supersport free practice.Eugene Laverty on his red Bull Honda headed the first free practice session at Mallory Park ahead of round six of the Championship.The Irish rider lapped the short circuit in 57.662secs pushing the hard charging Cal Crutchlow on the Northpoint Ekerold Honda into second place. Mallory Park have recently added a chicane to the high speed Gerrards corner and this is the first time a lot of riders will be faced with the new lay out. Rob Frost was eighth in the session having come back from the Isle of Man to take part in the British championship race. Frost is riding a Superstock machine on the Island and was sixth fastest in the Thursday practice session despite a fall at Creg. Stuart Easton on the Lloyds British Ducati rounded out the top ten following his point scoring World Supersport ride at Silverstone last weekend. McGuinness forced to settle for fifth in TT Superstock raceMorecambe's John McGuinness had to settle for fifth place in today's 4-lap Superstock TT race, the HM Plant Honda rider powerless to do anything about the exhilarating battle going on at the head of the field between Bruce Anstey and Ian Hutchinson. Riding the same CBR1000RR Honda Fireblade that he campaigns in the British Superstock Championship, John had, for him, a sluggish opening lap and he was never able to claw back the time, ending up over a minute behind eventual winner Anstey. After being delayed for an hour, the race got underway at 11.45am but it was clear it wasn't going to be a repeat performance of Saturday's Superbike race as early as the opening lap and as the times came through from Glen Helen, John was back in 6th place, 5.6 seconds adrift of the pace setting Anstey. At Ramsey, fifteen miles further on, John had been relegated even further to 8th but he charged over the Mountain and an opening lap of 123.41mph hauled him back up the order to fifth. |
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